Fiery Command WorkStation

Fiery Command WorkStation

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Print a color swatch page or swatch book

You can print a color swatch page for a single spot color, or you can print a swatch book for a group of spot colors.

Print a swatch book of one or more spot colors

When you print a swatch book, you select one or more spot colors and a layout.

  1. In Spot Pro, select one or more spot colors.

    You can hold the shift key to select consecutive colors or hold the ctrl or command key to select or deselect specific colors.

    To select spot colors from multiple spot color libraries, drag the spot colors from the internal spot color libraries to the custom spot color section.

  2. Click Print or right-click to select Print from the menu.
    Note: Depending on the Fiery server, you may have a Print, Print to queue or Send to printing option.
  3. Select a patch size.

    The size in shown in mm or inches based on the Command WorkStation regional settings.

  4. Select a chart size.

    Custom chart sizes width and height can be defined between 5.0 inches and 39.37 inches.

    The chart size will also be limited to the largest media that the printer or press can handle.

  5. Select a media or substrate source.
  6. To print the measured ΔE value on the color swatch book, select the Show Measured ∆E2000 value check box.
  7. Specify the customer name and contact information.

    In the Customer name and contact information field, you can specify up to five lines of text with each line having a maximum of 35 characters. The first line is reserved for the customer name.

    The Fiery logo and the manufacturer logo, where available, are printed.

  8. Click Job Properties to specify additional print settings.
  9. Click OK to print a spot color swatch book.

If the chart size dimension is greater than the paper size available through the paper source, a warning message will appear and the OK button will be disabled.

The job appears as a multiple page PDF file in Command WorkStation Job Center. In the printed job, the spot color name, and the CMYK color values are printed under each color patch.

Print a swatch book of all spot colors in a group

When you print a swatch book, you select a spot color group and a layout.

  1. In Spot Pro, select one color group.
    Note: Only one color group can be printed at a time.
  2. Click Print or right-click to select Print from the menu.
    Note: Depending on the Fiery server, you may have a Print, Print to queue or Send to printing option.
  3. Select a patch size.

    The size in shown in mm or inches based on the Command WorkStation regional settings.

  4. Select a chart size.

    Custom chart sizes width and height can be defined between 5.0 inches and 39.37 inches.

    The chart size will also be limited to the largest media that the printer or press can handle.

  5. Select a media or substrate source.
  6. To print the measured ΔE value on the color swatch book, select the Show Measured ∆E2000 value check box.
  7. Specify the customer name and contact information.

    In the Customer name and contact information field, you can specify up to five lines of text with each line having a maximum of 35 characters. The first line is reserved for the customer name.

    The Fiery logo and the manufacturer logo, where available, are printed.

  8. Click Job Properties to specify additional print settings.
  9. Click OK to print a spot color swatch book.

If the chart size dimension is greater than the paper size available through the paper source, a warning message will appear and the OK button will be disabled.

The job appears as a multiple page PDF file in Command WorkStation Job Center. In the printed job, the spot color name, and the CMYK color values are printed under each color patch.